In a 2014 report in Chinese Culture Daily, Liu Kuanren, then director of the Shaanxi provincial department of culture, said: "Although every county in Shaanxi has its own Qinqiang Opera troupe, ...

The "Our Spring Festival" Chinese New Year Gala took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Feb 6, celebrating the ...

Hard-working musician who wows international audiences plays with best in the business, says parents 'dragged' her to ...

In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight ... Some feature illustrations of phoenixes and generic scenes from ancient China, while others are decorated with Chinese calligraphy.

especially after a modulation of the modes of ancient Chinese music. 4. The reproduction has restored the original composition of the second and third groups of bells on the upper tier before they ...

Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

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(The New York Times). Huang Ruo draws equal inspiration from ancient Chinese music, Chinese folk music, Western avant-garde, experimental, noise, natural and processed sound, rock, and jazz.